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The  Average  Man’s  Home 


Published  by 

THE  COMPLETE  BUILDING  SHOW  CO. 

LEADER-NEWS  BUILDING 


CLEVELAND 

OHIO 


COPYRIGHT 


19  16 


by 

RALPH  P.  STODDARD,  SEC'Y 


A  Competition  with  a  Purpose 

TH  E  sketches  reproduced  in  this  book  were  selected 
from  nearly  three  hundred  drawings  submitted  in  the 
competition  conducted  by  The  First  American  Complete 
Building  Show,  held  in  Cleveland,  February  16  to  26,  1916. 

On  account  of  the  low  cost  range  and  the  enthusiastic 
interest  attending  the  exhibition  of  the  original  drawings  at 
the  show  it  was  found  desirable  to  publish  this  collection. 

The  fifty  designs  shown  here  are  not  necessarily  the 
best  of  the  drawings  submitted.  They  were  selected  to  show 
the  greatest  possible  variety  of  designs  and  plans. 

While  the  choice  of  materials  was  left  to  the  contestants 
it  is  a  significant  fact  that  ninety  per  cent  of  the  drawings 
submitted  indicated  exterior  walls  of  fire  resistive  construc¬ 
tion.  Coming  from  architects  in  practically  every  state  in 
the  Union  this  suggests  that  even  a  low  priced  house  may 
be  built  with  outer  walls  of  permanent  materials. 

A  large  majority  of  the  contestants  indicated  stucco 
finish,  either  upon  tile  or  metal  lath.  There  were  many 
with  walls  of  brick  and  some  of  the  best  of  these  have 

been  included  in  this  book.  Very  few  of  the  frame  designs  came  from 
architects,  many  were  the  work  of  contractors.  In  the  prize  list  and  through¬ 
out  the  collection  published  it  will  be  found  that  all  types  are  represented. 

In  fixing  the  price  limit  at  $3,000  the  management  of  The 
First  American  Complete  Building  Show  aimed  to  represent  the  average 
man’s  house.  The  competition  is  unique  in  that  the  price  restriction  is 
low  and  this  without  thought  of  ’'garden  city”  or  community  development. 
It  was  not  in  the  mind  of  those  back  of  the  competition  to  suggest  to 
philanthropists  or  welfare  organizations  a  series  of  model  houses  to  be 
rented  to  "workingmen.” 

The  purpose  of  the  contest  was  to  meet  the  demand  of  the  average 
man — the  butcher,  the  baker,  the  candlestick  maker  (if  any  are  extant), 
the  clerk,  the  bookkeeper,  the  motion  picture  manager,  the  baseball 
player,  or  anybody  else  who  has  a  sufficient  interest  in  himself,  his 
family  and  his  city  to  want  to  own  a  home. 


In  Middlewestern  cities  of  America  the  average  cost  of  single 
dwellings,  according  to  figures  at  the  city  building  departments,  is 
approximately  $3,000.  Few  new  houses  are  actually  sold  for  less 
than  that  amount,  although  unfortunately,  the  buyers  of  low  priced  homes 
are  too  often  exploited  by  the  speculative  builder  and  the  so-called 
"real  estate  builders,”  and  the  sale  price  does  not  always  represent  good 
value.  To  cover  up  extravagant  financing  and  "easy”  terms  inferior 
materials  and  construction  have  to  be  resorted  to  in  order  to  keep  the 
price  down  to  the  demand  level. 

But  the  offense  of  the  "real  estate”  house  that  the  competition  aims 
to  correct  is  its  lack  of  art.  Street  after  street  in  many  American  cities 
are  being  built  up  from  one  or  two  stock  plans.  There  is  no  more 
character  in  the  street,  the  houses  or  the  part  of  the  city  they  occupy  than 
there  is  in  a  mile  of  fence  posts  before  the  barbed  wire  is  put  on  them. 

The  competition  answers  more  emphatically  than  words  could  do  the 
question  so  often  asked  by  the  home  builder : 

"Does  it  pay  to  have  an  architect?” 

It  does  pay,  not  alone  in  the  appearance  of  the  house,  but  is  equally 
worth  while  from  the  standpoints  of  good  materials,  construction, 
economy  of  space  and  good  planning. 

The  Cleveland  chapter  American  Institute  of  Architects  conducted 
the  competition  for  the  building  show  and  named  the  following  members 
as  a  committee  to  prepare  the  program  and  make  awards :  Charles  S. 
Schneider,  chairman,  R.  Germain  Hubby,  Albert  S.  Skeel,  H.  Dercum 
and  W.  R.  Watterson. 

In  making  awards  the  committee  did  not  consider  any  design  which 
exceeded  the  limit  of  cost  based  upon  seventeen  cents  a  cubic  foot. 

Draftmanship  and  rendering  did  not  count  as  much,  in  making 
the  awards,  as  did  the  general  character  of  the  house,  practihility  of  plans  and 
general  scheme  and  consistent  designing  to  keep  within  the  cost  stipulated. 

In  this  collection,  however,  there  are  included  houses  that,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  committee,  could  not  be  built  for  $3,000. 

The  cost  of  building  varies  with  localities,  and  the  changing  market 
in  materials  and  labor.  A  Pacific  Coast  architect  who  submitted  a  draw¬ 
ing  writes  that  houses  may  be  built  in  that  part  of  the  country  for  twelve 
to  thirteen  cents  a  cubic  foot.  In  the  larger  centers  average  construction 
may  exceed  seventeen  cents  a  cubic  foot,  although  it  was  the  verdict  of 
the  committee  that  a  house  could  be  completed  in  Cleveland,  with  good 
materials  and  workmanship,  for  that  figure. 

The  price  limit  of  $3,000,  in  this  competition,  includes  basement 
under  entire  area  of  house,  average  finish  inside  including  hardwood 
floors,  plumbing,  electric  wiring,  hot  air  furnace  and  painting. 


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TH  E  first  prize  drawing,  which  won  for  William  Olaf  Shelgren,  Buffalo,  the  $200 
prize,  has  attracted  wide  attention  and  is  already  being  erected  in  two  or  three  cities. 
Its  feature  is  the  combination  of  living  room  and  dining  room  in  a  way  that  gives 
necessary  privacy  to  the  dining  room.  This  is  accomplished  by  the  arrangement  of  furniture 
suggested  by  Mr.  Shelgren  in  his  drawings. 

The  first  floor  of  this  house  is  considered  ideal.  The  designer  confesses  that  there  is 
room  for  improvement  in  the  second  floor  in  which  "head  room”  was  sacrificed  to  keep 
the  total  cubage  within  the  limit  specified.  At  a  small  additional  expense  the  second  story 
may  be  built  two  feet  higher  without  destroying  the  exterior  balance  of  the  house.  This 
would  greatly  improve  the  second  floor  rooms. 

Mr.  Shelgren  designed  this  house  for  Stucco  finish  with  green  slate  roof  and  it  is  his 
contention  that  it  may  be  completed  in  Buffalo,  or  other  cities  of  similar  size,  for  $3,000. 


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The  work  of  the  architect  is  shown  in 
every  feature  of  the  First  Prize  House. 
Proper  wall  spaces  for  the  furniture, 
a  feature  often  neglected  in  stock  plans 
and  "real  estate”  houses,  is  amply  pro¬ 
vided  for  here. 

By  carrying  the  bay  window  across  the 
front  and  placing  the  entrance  at  the  side, 
thorough  lighting  of  the  living  room 
is  assured.  It  will  be  observed  also  that 
there  is  a  cross  draft  in  every  room 
obtained  by  having  windows  in  at  least  two 
walls  and  providing  proper  ventilation. 


Side  Elevation 


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Submitted  by  C.  S.  Merrel  &  C.  H.  Dittmer 
2248  Euclid  Ave.  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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THIRD  PRIZE 

Submitted  by  H.  W.  Peebles  &  Richard  N.  Hazlewood 


82  W  Elizabeth  St. 


Detroit,  Mich. 


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FOURTH  PRIZE 

Submitted  by  Frederick  J.  Harburg 

New  York,  N.  Y. 


94  West  162nd  Street 


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FIFTH  PRIZE 
Submitted  by  C.  C.  Tallman 

Auburn,  N.  Y. 


17  Dill  Street 


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SIXTH  PRIZE 

Submitted  by  Henry  P.  Whitworth 
155  Carlyon  Road  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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SEVENTH  PRIZE 
Submitted  by  Maurice  Feather 
129  Langdon  Avenue 


Watertown,  Mass 


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HONORABLE  MENTION 


Submitted  by  Robert  N.  Dickerson 


Cleveland,  Ohio 


2248  Euclid  Ave. 


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HONORABLE  MENTION 
Submitted  by  William  Erwin  Humphrey  Jr. 

1736  G.  St.,  N.  W.  Washington,  D.  C. 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


HONORABLE  MENTION 
Submitted  by  F.  C.  Petterson 
1795  E.  25th.  St.  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


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HONORABLE  MENTION 
Submitted  by  Don  James  Lackie 
2160  Francis  Ave.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 


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HONORABLE  MENTION 
Submitted  by  M.  J.  Rawson 
396  Deshler  Ave.  Columbus,  Ohio. 


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HONORABLE  MENTION 
Submitted  by  H.  Roy  Kelley 
1456  Lemcke  Annex  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


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Submitted  by  Harry  Francis  Cunningham 
1211  Connecticut  Avenue  N.  W.  Washington,  D.  C. 


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Submitted  by  S.  C.  Merrell  &  C.  H.  Dittmer 
2248  Euclid  Avenue  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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176  Grand  Avenue  Akron,  Ohio 


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Submitted  by  Collister  Norton  Craig 

Cleveland,  Ohio 


The  Mittleberger 


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Submitted  by  Florence  Finley 
4500  Euclid  Avenue  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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W.  French 


69  E.  McMicken  Avenue 


Cincinnati,  Ohio 


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Submitted  by  C.  M.  Craig  &  J.  H.  Maag 
4500  Euclid  Avenue  Cleveland,  Ohio 


Submitted  by 


Reamer  &  Vorce 


Cleveland,  Ohio 


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1028  Williamson  Building  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


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89  Franklin  Street 


Boston,  Mass. 


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Submitted  by  Warner  A.  Ebbets 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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Submitted  by  Robert  C.  Reamer 

Cleveland,  Ohio 


1237  Hird  Street 


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Submitted  by  William  H.  Hogue 
1028  Williamson  Building  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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Submitted  by  Alfred  Nibecker 
1435  Valencia  Street  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  S.  J.  Betman 

Cleveland,  Ohio 


7709  Linwood  Avenue 


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Submitted  by  F.  J.  Smith  &  H.  Phillip  Bartlett  &  Hubert  Miller 
909  State  Street  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


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Cleveland,  Ohio 


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Akron,  Ohio 


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Gumble  Building  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


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Submitted  by  Joseph  A.  Seipel 
201  Avenue  Building  Cleveland,  Ohio 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  George  Smellie  Johnston 

Cleveland,  Ohio 


10904  Amor  Avenue 


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Submitted  by  Emory  I.  Ohler 

Dayton,  Ohio 


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591  Ludow  Arcade 


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Submitted  by  Geo.  S.  Jarvis 

Des  Moines,  Iowa 


715  Penna  Avenue 


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Submitted  by  Henry  F.  Forsberg 


1900  Euclid  Building 


Cleveland,  Ohio 


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Submitted  by  W.  F.  Sielman 
4515  Prospect  Avenue  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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Submitted  by  Eugene  H.  McMurray  & 
Essex  Building  Newark, 


W.  Bell  Pulis 
N.  J. 


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Submitted  by  Harvey  Staring  Horton 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


27  Manchester  Avenue 


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Submitted  by  Robt.  L.  Harris 
2027  Kennedy  Avenue 


Baltimore,  Md. 


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Submitted  by  Louis  E.  Sholter 

Cleveland,  Ohio 


1298  West  111th  Street 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  P.  L.  Small  &  0.  J.  Ochert 
1002  Garfield  Building  Cleveland,  Ohio 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  Albert  Frank  Keyman 
584  Eighteenth  Street  Milwaukee,  Wis. 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  Geo.  W.  Baumeister 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


618  Chestnut  Street 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  A.  A.  Trevor 
Box  332  Van  Wert,  Ohio 


THE  AVERAGE  MAN’S  HOME 


Submitted  by  Harvey 


James  Pearce 


1401  North  Broadway 


St.  Louis,  Mo. 


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Submitted  by  Walter  E.  Cast 
679  Northumberland  Avenue 


Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


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Submitted  by  Marion  Alice  Parker 

Minneapolis,  Minn. 


513  S.  E.  4th  Street 


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are  not  a  conglomeration  of  odds  and  ends,  endlessly  exploited  on  an  unsuspecting 
public  by  every  curbstone  broker  in  town — but  they  are  representative — in  High 
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and  paid  for. 

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— Always  in  the  path  of  Mr.  Everworking  Progress.  Hundreds  have  started  their 
upward  climb  to  happiness,  wealth  and  prosperity,  thru  my  guidance. 


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DENISON  INTERLOCKING  TILE 


For  Every  Man’s  Home 


A  Mansion  on  which  no  expense  was  spared 
Paul  F.  Mann,  Architect 
Denison  Interlocking  Tile  with  stucco  exterior 


This  material  is  adapted  to 
the  construction  of  every 
man’s  home,  no  matter  how 
inexpensive  or  how  costly  he 
may  desire  to  make  it. 


Texas  Bungalow,  six  rooms,  costing  $3400 
C.  W.  Bulger  &  Sons,  Architects 
Denison  Interlocking  Tile  faced  with  stucco 


A  Colonial  Home  of  moderately  high  cost 
Denison  Interlocking  Tile  faced  with  brick 


Summer  Cottage  of  moderate  cost 
Woodroof e  &  Constable,  Architects 
Denison  Interlocking  Tile  exposed  with  no  facing 


It  has  been  used  for  hundreds 
of  well  known  buildings  like 
these  in  this  folder,  and  for 
countless  other  residences 
and  cottages  costing  $3000  or 
even  less. 

It  is  not  only  fireproof  but  it 
protects  the  home  against  the 
far  more  common  troubles 
of  summer  heat,  winter  cold, 
storms,  dampness  and  decay. 
Look  at  these  homes  repre¬ 
senting  every  class  of  work — 
study  the  illustration  opposite 
— and  see  what  Interlocking 
Tile  Walls  would  do  for  your 
home. 


DENISON  INTERLOCKING  TILE 


What  It  Is- What  It  Will  Do 

Denison  Interlocking  Tile  is  a  hard  burned, 
hollow  clay  tile  of  special  design  for  bearing 
walls,  curtain  walls,  foundations  and  parti¬ 
tions  in  all  kinds  of  buildings. 

Great  Strength 

Walls  have  great  supporting  strength  because  webs 
stand  directly  over  each  other.  Walls  have  great 
lateral  strength  against  roof  thrusts,  wind  pressure, 
etc.,  because  each  tile  is  interlocked  with  those 
above  and  below,  and  because  there  are  no  through 
mortar  joints. 

Warm  in  Winter ,  Cool  in  Summer 

Walls  are  non-conductors  of  heat  and  cold.  The 
many  dead  air  spaces  in  the  wall  and  the  absence 
of  through  mortar  joints  insulates  the  interior  from 
the  exterior  in  a  way  impossible  in  any  other  type 
of  masonry  wall. 

Dry  Walls 

The  mortar  joints  through  which  moisture  and 
dampness  penetrate  the  ordinary  wall  are  inter¬ 
rupted  by  air  pockets  which  effectually  prevent 
passage  of  moisture. 

Fireproof  Walls 

Denison  Interlocking  Tile  meets  the  tremendous 
demand  for  fireproof  walls  and  offers  other  equally 
important  features  which  should  give  it  consider¬ 
ation  over  every  other  fireproof  material. 

Used  with  Any  Finish 


Partitions  a  l  w  a  y  s  dicctly  over  each 
other — giving  greatest  possible  sup¬ 
porting  strength. 


Same  tile  builds 
walls  any  thickness. 
This  is  8-inch  wall. 


Plaster  direct 
tile  —  no  furring 
necessary. 


Every  mortar  joint 
interrupted  by  air 
pocket  which  pre¬ 
vents  conduction  of 
heat,  cold  or  mois¬ 
ture. 


Honeycombed  with 
individual  air 
spaces  which  make 
best  insulator 
against  heat  and 
cold. 


12~inch  wall  built 
of  the  same  tile. 


Denison  Interlocking  Tile  can  be  used  with  any  type  of  exterior.  It  gives  a  firm  dove¬ 
tailed  surface  for  stucco;  it  bonds  perfectly  with  face  brick;  it  makes  a  dry,  warm 
backing  wall  for  stone — or  it  may  be  left  exposed  to  the  weather  with  no  facing  ma¬ 
terial  whatever. 


Builds  Walls  Any  Thickness 

One  shape  and  size  builds  eight,  twelve,  sixteen  inch — or  any  width  of  walls.  There 
are  no  left-over  sizes. 


Lays  Up  Rapidly 

The  tile  is  handled  by  the  mason  with  one  hand  without  laying  down  his  trowel.  He 
has  only  one  shape  to  handle,  no  matter  what  width  wall  he  builds. 

The  tile  equals  seven  common  bricks,  yet  requires  only  one-third  as  much  mortar. 


Denison 

Interlocking 

Tile 


Used  for  the  Finest  Buildings 


Here  are  a  few  of  the  representative  build¬ 
ings  in  which  Denison  Interlocking  Tile  has 
been  used  for  all  walls. 

Other  Well  Known  Buildings 

These  pages  might  be  filled  with  names  of 
other  well  known  buildings  where  Denison 


Interlocking  Tile  has 
tion. 

May  Co.  Department  Store, 
Cleveland,  O. 

D.  H.  Burnham  &  Co.,  Architects 

James  Black  Masonry  &  Con¬ 
tracting  Co.,  Contractors 

Municipal  Building,  Dallas,  Tex. 

C.  D.  Hill  &  Co.,  Architects 

Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg., 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Brown  &  Von  Beren,  Architects 

Coney  Island  Hospital,  Coney 
Island,  N.  Y. 

Edward  Pearce  Casey,  Architect 

Residence,  George  McKesson 
Brown,  Long  Island 

Clarence  Luce,  Architect 

Whitmarsh  &  Washington  Apart¬ 
ments,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Frank  Wyatt  Woods,  Architect 

Church  of  Visitation,  Tacoma, 
Wash. 

C.  Frank  Mahon,  Architect 


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Tax  Brewery  Co.,  Jacksonville, 
Fla. 

Helfensteller,  Hirsch  &  Watson, 
Architects 

Pacific  Coast  Condensed  Milk 
Co.,  Stanwood,  Wash. 

W.  N.  MacBriar,  Architect 

Cleveland  City  Hospital,  Cleve¬ 
land,  O. 

Myron  B.  Vorce,  Architect 

E.  B.  Willingale,  Associate 

Fleisehmann  Yeast  Co.,  Sumner, 
Wash. 

John  Graham,  Architect 

Fruit  Exchange  Building,  Sacra¬ 
mento,  California 

C'has.  Kaiser,  Architect 

St.  Louis  Country  Club,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Mauran,  Russell  &  Crowell, 
Architects 


Home  of  John  L.  Brock,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
W.  IV.  Slack  &  Sons ,  Architects 


Hotels  Statler,  Detroit  and  Cleveland 
Geo.  B.  Post  &  Sons,  Architects 
Denison  Interlocking  Tile  faced  with  brick 


Santa  Fe  Depot,  San  Diego,  Cal. 
Denison  Interlocking  Tile  faced  with  stucco 


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Denison  Interlocking  Tile 

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Denison  Interlocking  Tile  used  with  no  facing  whatever 


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